Eternity's Beggar

Verse 1

A rich man was he, and his acres were broad, And his barns he tore down to build more; “But thy soul is required, thou fool,” said his God, “Then to whom shall thy goods be restored?”

Chorus

Eternity’s beggar! the call he had heard, But the warning, he turned it away; O sinner! then list to the voice of thy God, And turn to the Lord while you may.

Verse 2

He looked all aghast at the sound of that voice, As he gazed on his rich earthly store; But it melted away; he had made a sad choice, He was poverty’s slave ever more.

Verse 3

Out, out from his mansion he wandered away, To the depths of eternity’s night, To beg for relief, and to long for the day, Which shall gladden, no never, his sight.